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What can be done for osteonecrosis in the femur?
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It depend: Nonoperative treatment usually results in a poor prognosis. Core decompression core decompression is currently the most common procedure in the early stages of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.Based on harris hip scores operative treatment was successful in approximately 70% of hips with ficat stage i ii or iii osteonecrosis comparing to 20% of nonoperative management of early osteonecrosis.
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